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  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    Making The Most Of My Life

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 4, 2012
    based on 131 ratings
     | 66,752 views

    What do you do when everything seems to go wrong, when you have more to do than you can possibly accomplish, & you’re not sure what to do next? How do you get the most out of life in times like that?

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2019) TEXT: Ecclesiastes 3:1-17; 2 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Timothy 6:17 ILL. His name is John. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans & no shoes. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Mission Impossible ?

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Feb 3, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,363 views

    We sometimes give up before we even start. We look and say we can’t win or even make a difference. The world is to tuff to overcome. But I wonder is it we can’t or is it we really just don’t have the confidence to take on the task?

    Mission Impossible ? Start with Video of Wholehearted We sometimes give up before we even start. We look and say we can’t win or even make a difference. The world is to tuff to overcome. But I wonder is it we can’t or is it we really just don’t have the confidence to take on the task? The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    I Am Going To Prepare A Place For You The Story Of A Nonviolence Defense Series

    Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Feb 10, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,965 views

    Greetings in the Holy Name of Jesus Yahshuah, My brothers and sisters, the rage of mankind is all of its own ...

    I AM GOING TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU The Story of a NonViolence Defense by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (February 9, 2021) “In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” (John 14:2, King James Version [KJV]). Greetings in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Friends

  • Brad Beaman avatar

    The Call To Discipleship Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Feb 2, 2022
     | 2,372 views

    Jesus said go and make disciples. Your task as a disciple is to make disciples. You are to become a fisher of men. Jesus expects nothing less than total obedience.

    Charles Sheldon wrote a challenging book called In His Steps. In this book Henry Maxwell is the pastor of First Church Raymond. A visitor about 33 years old out of work walked to the front of the church and asks what does it mean to follow Christ? He collapsed and died three days later. A group ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Expand Your Faith Series

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Nov 9, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,590 views

    How to make faith grow

    Title: How to Expand Your Faith Text: John 4:46-53 One man said that faith is: Forward Action Inspired Through Him Forward is the direction of faith Action is the proof of our faith Inspired is the motivation of faith Through is the power of faith. Through God not our self. Him is the object ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    What Difference Can A Baby Make?

    Contributed by Douglas Bryan on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 43 ratings
     | 3,568 views

    What difference can a baby make in your life? When that baby is Jesus, He can make an eternal difference if you will let Him.

    WHAT DIFFERENCE A BABY CAN MAKE? Luke 2:8-16 INTRODUCTION: A. We are now heavy into the Christmas season 1. Many presents have been bought a. Others still need to be purchased b. Many families have already started having their Christmas celebrations 2. Through all the hustle and bustle ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Christmas: Will You Make Room For Jesus?

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 23, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,360 views

    A short talk for our 2011 Christingle services. Will you make room for Jesus? If you do, 2012 and the rest of your life will be very different!

    Someone suggested to me recently that if money ever became tight I should consider becoming a joke writer for Christmas crackers. So, I turned to him and asked, “What did the grumpy sheep say when the shepherd offered him a black and white sweet?” Baa-hum bug! I’m guessing that because you are ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Brady Boyd avatar

    How Do I Live Generously? Series

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Jun 15, 2021
     | 3,796 views

    The Scriptures are not opposed to ambition that leads to growth and prosperity. When that ambition becomes selfish and self-centered, it is condemned.

    Proverbs How do I … Live Generously June 20, 2021 Proverbs 11:24-25 NIV “One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. 25 A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.” We must learn to be generous. 1. Generous ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Walk Humbly Before God

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Aug 5, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,214 views

    Our ambition should be to serve the King of Kings, or put another way. We should aim to make Jesus famous not ourselves.

    Walk Humbly before God! . John 7:18 Those who present their own ideas are looking for praise for themselves, but those who seek to honor the one who sent them are good and genuine. Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Message 5 - 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 – Walk To Please God And The Rapture Teaching – Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Dec 29, 2022
     | 1,223 views

    Paul urges the believers to live correctly for the Lord and gives some practical points. Because a few had died, Paul comforts the church with the truth of the Rapture, a teaching sadly neglected by most. It is the glorious hope.

    MESSAGE 5 - 1 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 4 – WALK TO PLEASE GOD AND THE RAPTURE TEACHING – PART 2 We will continue in this chapter and will consider the second Part. Paul has been speaking to these believers about living in persecution and how their lives should be lived. Earlier in the book he told ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    It's Your Choice Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 25, 2001
    based on 47 ratings
     | 8,784 views

    Part 20 in the Sermon on the Mount Series, this deals with our need to make a decision.

    CHOICES, CHOICES, CHOICES. WHEN I BOUGHT MY FIRST COMPUTER A FRIEND OF MINE CLUED ME IN TO THE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF WHAT I WANTED, I WENT TO THE COMPUTER SHOP BOY I WAS GEARED UP. I COULD TALK AT’S AND XT’S AND 286’S AND 386’S, 1.44 AND 1.2 MEGS. I KNEW EGA, CGA AND VGA, RAMS AND ROMS, HARD ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    The Deception Of Self-Interests

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,468 views

    Selfish ambitions are deceitfully misleading

    The Deception of Self-Interests (Acts 19:24-29) 1. Have you ever stopped to consider all the ways that selfish people deceive? Demetrius is an example of a man who allowed his selfish interests to deceive himself and thousands of others. Dr. Luke wrote, “Demetrius said to his workers, “Men, you ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Shrinking Camels - Good People Have Little Chance In The Kingdom Of God

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jul 27, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 14,307 views

    Being good, will not make you a spiritual man or a spiritual woman. Good people don’t go to heaven. Good people are not spiritual people.

    Who is the rich man? Who is the rich man in this passage this morning? YOU are the rich man. You are the rich man in this passage this morning. To us, when we read this passage, to us, the rich man is always someone who has more money than we do. As a result, we are able to step outside the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Making The Bible Relevant

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 14, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,239 views

    The Bible is already relevant. Maybe we need to get out of the way and let its power be seen.

    1. There is a lot of talk today about making the bible "relevant." a. The word Relevant means "Logically connected with and important to the matter in hand; appropriate, germane, pertinent." b. There seems to be a precedent in verses like: 15 Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Johnny Small avatar

    Heaven Or Hell, Your Choice

    Contributed by Johnny Small on Nov 2, 2003
    based on 67 ratings
     | 26,334 views

    We make many choices everyday, but there is one choice that everyone must make during their life that will affect them for eternity.

    Heaven or Hell, Your Choice We make many choices during our lives. We choose whether we obey our parents as we grow up. We choose whether we study in school. We choose the college that we attend. We choose our hopefully lifelong spouse. We choose our occupation. This is just a few of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist